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Forum's Down...

Adult cinemas are dying or perhaps are already extinct


Link Here20th December 2012

If you were looking to catch a little XXX entertainment in Philadelphia, hopefully you weren't planning on going to The Forum, the adult cinema has closed. No word on when it closed or why, but The Forum is currently not open for business.

According to city real estate records, the building has not been sold. Its owners were cited in October for doing interior structural work without the appropriate permit and report indicates that the first floor seating had been removed.

 

 

Universal Studio Recommends...

Fifty Shades of Grey a XXX Adaption


Link Here16th December 2012

Universal Studios has filed a copyright lawsuit against a porn production company, accusing it of lifting language, characters and plot from the best-selling erotic book trilogy Fifty Shades of Grey for its own adult films and sex toys.

The suit was filed jointly by Universal and EL James's British company which owns the copyright to the novels.

The lawsuit said that Los Angeles-based based Smash Pictures had produced a movie called Fifty Shades of Grey: a XXX Adaptation which lifted:

exact dialogue, characters, events, story, and style from the 'Fifty Shades' trilogy.

The first XXX adaptation is not a parody, and it does not comment on, criticize, or ridicule the originals. It is a rip-off, plain and simple.

The lawsuit seeks an injunction, unspecified damages, and profits from sales of the movies, which its says are trademark and copyright infringements.

 

 

The Good Life...

Research finds that working in porn is not the negative life that feminists would like you to believe


Link Here7th December 2012

Female porn stars are psychologically as healthy or healthier than other women, according to a new study, which challenges feminist driven views about women in the adult entertainment business.

Adult entertainers were found to have higher self-esteem, a better quality of life and body image, and to be more positive, with greater levels of spirituality. They also had higher levels of sexual satisfaction and, perhaps unsurprisingly, many more partners than other women.

The American researchers, who report their findings in the Journal of Sex Research, said they found no evidence to support the damaged goods hypothesis that actresses involved in the porn industry come from desperate backgrounds and are less psychologically healthy compared with typical women. They said:

Some descriptions of actresses in pornography have included attributes such as drug addiction, homelessness, poverty, desperation and being victims of sexual abuse. Some have made extreme assertions, such as claiming that all women in pornography were sexually abused as children. Stereotypes of those involved in adult entertainment have been used to support or condemn the industry and to justify political views on pornography, although the actual characteristics of actresses are unknown because no study on this group of women has been conducted.

The psychologists compared data taken from 177 adult entertainment actresses with a sample of women matched for age, marital status and other factors. The actresses, all of whom had been paid to work on at least one X-rated movie, ranged in age from 18 to 50, with an average career in the industry of 3.5 years.

One of the main claims by commentators on the industry has been that actresses have frequently experienced sexual abuse in childhood, but the results show no statistically significant difference between the two groups of women.

The study also shows that the actresses sleep better and have more energy. On the negative side, industry workers had a history of more drug and alcohol use, and problems possibly linked to sensation-seeking personalities.

The study was undertaken by researchers at Shippensburg University, Texas Woman's University and the Adult Industry Medical Healthcare Foundation.

 

 

Offsite Article: AVN Awards...


Link Here1st December 2012
AVN announce their very long list of nominations for the 2013 awards

See report [pdf] from avnawards.avn.com

 

 

Offsite Article: Porn stars and the naked truth...


Link Here25th November 2012

See article from independent.co.uk

 

 

Offsite Article: How porn became a civil right...


Link Here25th November 2012
We didn't always believe that Playboy was constitutionally protected. How sexual rights evolved in the US by Tracy Clark-Flory

See article from salon.com

 

 

Update: B Movies...

Measure B ia approved by the LA County electorate and will require the use of condoms in porn production


Link Here8th November 2012
Full story: Health and Safety in Porn...AIDS and condoms in the US porn industry

In the wake of a newly approved measure requiring adult-film actors to wear condoms in Los Angeles County, producers and others in the pornography business are vowing to flee the area.

The countywide ballot initiative known as Measure B passed with 56% of the vote on Tuesday, despite critics dismissing it as unenforceable and major news outlets like the Los Angeles Times saying it will likely stymie county government and bring little benefit to performers.

Vivid Entertainment Group, the largest producer and distributor of pornographic films in Los Angeles, has already stated its intention to flee the county if the new law is put into place, telling Variety that it plans to move to another county within the state.

The adult-film business generates about $1 billion in Los Angeles County every year, accounting for about 8% of all the adult films shot in the entire world.

Measure B passed with the help of an aggressive campaign by the AIDS Healthcare Foundation.

Adult-film producers, however, have long maintained that their performers are at lower risk of STDs than the general population, due to the fact that actors are tested monthly for HIV, gonorrhea, chlamydia and syphilis.

Before it can take effect, Measure B still has to be approved and adopted by local municipalities within Los Angeles County.

 

 

Erotic Networks Hustled...

US adult TV consolidates into a duopoly


Link Here31st October 2012

The Erotic Networks parent company New Frontier Media has struck a $33 million deal to be acquired by Larry Flynt's LFP Broadcasting, which distributes Hustler TV in cable and satellite TV homes.

New Frontier said that its board is recommending that shareholders approve the offer from Flynt. If the deal is approved, the U.S. adult programming business will be dominated by two key players--Flynt's LFP Broadcasting and Luxembourg-based Manwin Enterprises, which closed a deal to buy Playboy TV parent Playboy Enterprises last year.

 

 

Update: Vote X for Obama...

US adult industry unsurprisingly favour Barack Obama over Nutter Romney


Link Here14th October 2012

The adult entertainment industry overwhelmingly favors re-electing Barack Obama to a second term as president, according to the results of a new industry poll conducted by media organization XBIZ.

Of the 339 respondents, 68% say Obama, while only 13% favor Romney. Another 14% would like to see someone else in the White House, while 5% responded I don't care.

Aside from economic considerations affecting voters' decisions in November, the issue of federal obscenity prosecutions figures to be a major factor for adult film producers. According to the notorious pro-censorship organization Morality in Media, Mitt Romney earlier this year, along with other Republican candidates at the time, offered assurances that if elected, they would direct the U.S. Department of Justice to prosecute porn producers for obscenity violations.

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